Water and Sanitation

By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all

By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations

By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally

By 2030, substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity

By 2030, implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through trans boundary cooperation as appropriate

By 2030, expand international cooperation and capacity-building support to developing countries in water- and sanitation-related activities and programmes, including water harvesting, desalination, water efficiency, wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse technologies.

Support and strengthen the participation of local communities in improving water and sanitation management.

2.6 billion people have gained access to improved drinking water sources since 1990, but 663 million people are still without

At least 1.8 billion people globally use a source of drinking water that is fecally contaminated

Between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of the global population using an improved drinking water source has increased from 76 per cent to 91 per cent

But water scarcity affects more than 40 per cent of the global population and is projected to rise. Over 1.7 billion people are currently living in river basins where water use exceeds recharge

2.4 billion people lack access to basic sanitation services, such as toilets or latrines

More than 80 per cent of wastewater resulting from human activities is discharged into rivers or sea without any pollution removal

Each day, nearly 1,000 children die due to preventable water and sanitation-related diarrhoeal diseases

Hydropower is the most important and widely-used renewable source of energy and as of 2011, represented 16 per cent of total electricity production worldwide

Approximately 70 per cent of all water abstracted from rivers, lakes and aquifers is used for irrigation

Floods and other water-related disasters account for 70 per cent of all deaths related to natural disasters

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Poor people use info-kiosks to get their social security or NREGA benefits in Rajasthan India